I Feel Uncomfortable Paying Salaries In Percentages – Gov. Sule
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State says he is not comfortable paying workers’ salaries in percentages because throughout his 30-year working life, he never got his salary in such manner. Sule said this while addressing...
Benue: Ortom Tests Negative For COVID-19
The Benue State Government on Wednesday said that Gov. Samuel Ortom had again tested negative for COVID-19. This is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Terver Akase, and made...
Late Abubakar Tsav’s Wife Dies
Wife of late former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, Mama Amina Kwagh-Hemba Tsav, has died. The Next Edition gathered that Mama Kwagh-Hemba died last Monday, at an undisclosed hospital in Keffi...
Yuletide: Tor Tiv Bans Picnics In Tivland
The Tor Tiv of Tivland in Benue, Prof. James Ayatse, has banned his subjects from organising picnics during the Christmas and New year festivities slated between December 25 and January 1, 2021. The Tor Tiv...
Igede People Task Ortom, Committee On Boundary Demarcation, Seeks Link Roads
The Omi Ny’Igede Development Association, the socio-cultural body of people of Igede extraction in Benue State, has called on the state government and the committee on boundaries to expedite action on boundary demarcation between...
Unknown Assailants Murder UniAgric Lecturer in Makurdi
A lecturer with the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), Mr. Karl Kwaghgher, has been killed by yet-to-be identified persons. Mr. Kwaghgher, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering was reportedly murdered last Saturday night, at J.S. Tarka Foundation, Makurdi. Our...
NULGE To Confer Life Patron On Benue Gov
National Leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) will be conferring the honour of Life Patron on Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. The Benue State Chairman of the Union, Terungwa Igbe, made...
Gov. Ortom Explains Choice Of New VC For State Varsity
The Benue Government says the appointment of Prof. Tor Iorapuu as the new Vice Chancellor of the State University, was purely based on merit. Gov. Samuel Ortom said this on Monday in Makurdi, when he...
Jungle Justice: Youths Burn Suspected Motorcycle Thief To Death in Benue
A suspected motorcycle thief in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, has been burnt to death after he attempted to rob a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called Okada man, at gun point. The jungle justice took place...
Alleged Homicide: Court Remands Kogi Traditional ruler, 10 Others
A Senior Magistrates’ Court in Lokoja on Friday ordered that a 69-year-old traditional ruler in Adavi Local Government, Asema Uka (Otumi-Ajoko) Momoh Nasir and 10 others be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged...
Torshimbe’s Death: Ortom Appoints Achabo As New S.A Bureau For local Govt
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has appointed Mr. Kenneth Achabo as his new Special Adviser at the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, (BLGCA). Achabo was appointed to replace Mr. Jerome Torshimbe who died...
Kwara Rainstorm: One Dies, Two Missing
One person was confirmed dead while two others were declared still missing after Saturday night’s downpour in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The downpour, which destroyed scores of houses, was said to have started about 7:00p.m...
Edo 2020: Ortom Congratulates Obaseki On Guber Victory
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, on behalf of the government and people of Benue State, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on his victory at the just concluded Edo State governorship election. Ortom in a...
